modulating

present participle of modulate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of modulating Leaders are expected to be adept at modulating themselves and the power and emotional dynamics of their teams; however, this is something most leaders haven’t been trained to do and are ill-equipped for. Anne Sugar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 This concept is known as modulating radial forces. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2025 Their contractile force was regulated by modulating the applied voltage. Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2025 Certain compounds such as curcumin, vitamin D, and medicinal mushrooms have been studied for their immune-modulating properties, but should be used with physician guidance . Jesse Pines, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 The centennial of Baldwin’s birth, this past year, saw no shortage of hymns, modulating the key to minor and rendering the arrangements slightly discordant. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024 Such patients can sometimes stage dramatic recoveries with help from steroids and other immune-modulating treatments such as plasmapheresis, in which blood is circulated outside the body to purge plasma of antibodies. Christie Wilcox, science.org, 27 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modulating
Verb
  • Merino wool also has natural temperature-regulating and odor-controlling properties—both of which are ideal for hiking.
    Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Complex carbs also are likely to contain fiber which is very helpful in regulating blood glucose concentration.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At just 4 to 5 weeks old, the kittens are still adjusting to life without their mother after being fostered through A Place for Meow Rescue, a rescue based in Rapid City, South Dakota.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • As already mentioned, the minimum investment thresholds were raised to $800,000 in Targeted Employment Areas (rural, high-unemployment, or infrastructure projects) and $1,050,000 elsewhere, adjusting these amounts for inflation.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sean Longstaff and Dominic Calvert-Lewin have joined from Newcastle and Everton respectively, while the exciting additions of midfielder Anton Stach from Hoffenheim and attacker Noah Okafor from AC Milan will provide hope of improving on a solid start.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi met China's President Xi Jinping at the 5th Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, signaling improving ties.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • A little over the top, maybe, but full marks for acknowledging a mistake and correcting it quickly.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Their innovation was something called backpropagation, or backprop for short, which was a method for correcting the outputs of the middle, hidden layer of neurons during each training pass so that the network as a whole could learn efficiently.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Modulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modulating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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